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The United States Constitution

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= **The Constitution** =



Model Curriculum Unit Plan developed for the DESE Details on each lesson plan
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Constitutional Rights Model Unit Plan = = = __Intro__ =


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 * [[file:pemberushistory1/Lyrics Word Scramble - Bill of (Your) Rights.pdf|Download]]
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= __**Lesson 1 - Anticipation Guide**__ =
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 * [[file:pemberushistory1/A to Z Link Sheet - us government.docx|Download]]
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Minersville vs Gobitis case - Teachers Domain video I hear/It means
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= __**Lesson 2 - Judicial Review**__ =

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 * [[file:pemberushistory1/The Bill of Rights Reference List.doc|Download]]
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= **__Lesson 3 - The Bill of Rights Case Studies__** =

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 * [[file:pemberushistory1/Bill of Rights Fishbowl Discussion Tracker.doc|Download]]
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= __**Lesson 4 - The Patriot Act**__ =
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 * [[file:pemberushistory1/Patriot Act Article and Concept Map.doc|Download]]
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Branches of Government Review Games

__The Constitution Lessons - Breaking it down__
1). Preamble to the Constitution - page 170
 * Why did some state conventions dislike the opening statement, “We the People…?”
 * Why does the Preamble say “We the people of the United States…ordain and establish” the new government?

2). In 1-2 sentences each, ** Summarize ** each of the articles below. (Reference the sidebars to the articles on pp.171-185 or use the Interactive Constitution
 * Article I – The Legislature
 * Article II – The Executive
 * Article III – The Judiciary
 * Article IV – Relations among States
 * Article V – Amending the Constitution
 * Article VI – Supremacy of National Government
 * Article VII – Ratification

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6). ** Rank ** amendments 11-27 on how important students believe they are in the running of the government.
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 * Why do some amendments seem to have more importance than others?
 * Should any of these amendments be removed?
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Constitution Review Quiz

Which Founder are you?

The Bill of Rights: What does The Constitution have to say about free speech? Read the First Amendment to the Constitution below and try to determine what it is saying about freedom of speech: **//"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances."//**

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Activity: Can You Say That? =====  As you begin this activity, remember that for a case to reach the Supreme Court there must be such good arguments on both sides that questions remain even after the decisions of lower courts have been made. It's YOUR job to figure out what arguments may have been used on both sides of this case. Then take a stand and reveal what you think the Supreme Court decided. After everyone has taken a stand, we'll look at the actual outcome of the case.

Read the following summary of Hazelwood School District v. Kuhlmeier **//Facts of the Case //** Also read the following facts: > **//The principal objected to an article on the divorce of a student's parents because the page proofs he was furnished identified by name (deleted by the teacher from the final version) a student who complained of her father's conduct, and the principal believed that the student's parents should have been given an opportunity to respond to the remarks or to consent to their publication. Believing that there was no time to make necessary changes in the articles if the paper was to be issued before the end of the school year, the principal directed that the pages on which they appeared be withheld from publication even though other, unobjectionable articles were included on such pages.//** > Your job now: **//Did the principal's deletion of the articles violate the students' rights under the First Amendment?//** Task:Make two separate lists, showing arguments you think may have been made on either side of the case. Some points to consider:
 * //The Spectrum, the school-sponsored newspaper of Hazelwood East High School, was written and edited by students. In May 1983, Robert E. Reynolds, the school principal, received the pages ... for the May 13 issue. Reynolds found two of the articles in the issue to be inappropriate, and ordered that the pages on which the articles appeared be withheld from publication. Cathy Kuhlmeier and two other former Hazelwood East students brought the case to court.//**
 * What rights (if any) should students have to publish what they wrote in the student newspaper?
 * Should there be a school policy against certain student writings?
 * Why shouldn't the principal have been allowed to cancel that page in the student newspaper?
 * Why should he have been allowed?
 * Is it fair that some articles got cut from the newspaper, even though they had nothing to so with the case?
 * Is it fair that the divorce article could be cut even though the students were reporting facts?
 * Does it make a difference that the students were not trying to hurt anyone's feelings?
 * Would it be fair to the parents involved to have their story printed in the school newspaper?

Once we have discussed our ideas and questions we will then vote using the poll below. Once you've voted, write up a short explanation as to why you voted the way you did.

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Checks and Balances:

First Activity
Read the following statements, one at a time:
 * 1) I am the President, I can declare war on Lower Slobovia; I can make any decision I want.
 * 2) I am a Senator; I can help write and pass any law I want.
 * 3) I am the President of the United States; I can veto any law passed by Congress.
 * 4) <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am the President of the United States; I can do anything I want.
 * 5) <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I am the President of the United States; I can make a treaty with Upper Slobovia.
 * 6) <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: decimal; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We're the Supreme Court; we'll be ruling on every law for years.

<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Copy the above statements into your virtual notebook. After each statement identify how the particular action could be checked by another branch of the US government.

The following are all real world examples of checks and balances being put in to use by our government:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The impeachment of President Andrew Johnson.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The impeachment of President Bill Clinton.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The conflict over Franklin D. Roosevelt's attempt to add six seats to the Supreme Court.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Alien and Sedition Acts.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Supreme Court cases such as //<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Marbury vs. Madison //(1803), the Dred Scott Decision (1857) and //<span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">McCulloch v. Maryland //(1819).
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">President Andrew Jackson's conflict with Congress over the Second National Bank.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The Watergate incident during Richard Nixon's tenure in office.

<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> (Documents about these events are available online at the sites listed below under " <span style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; margin: 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">[|EDSITEment Websites] .")

==<span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Second Activity == <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; margin: 0px 0px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">We'll conclude this activity with a simulation in which the class works on a real-world problem using a system of checks and balances. Here's how it works:
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 0px 0px 15px 15px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">$250.00 is available to the class to use to purchase some piece of technology that only this class will be allowed to use. Each of you— without consulting others — should write down how you would spend the money.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The class will be split into four groups . Group 1 controls the money (the executive branch); Group 2 decides how the money will be spent (the legislative); Group 3 (judicial — odd number of members) will rule on any challenges. Each group wil lselect a spokesperson in a closed session. From this point on, when any group meets it is done in fishbowl style, with the rest of the class surrounding the group members, but observing only.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The legislative branch meets to decide how to spend the money. Check Staples and Best Buy ads online. The proposal is written down. Add a place for signatures in case of approval and another place for a veto.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Next the executive branch meets. The group discusses whether to approve or veto the proposal. If changes are desired, the group vetoes the entire proposal. Any recommendations can be written down, but the executive branch itself cannot create a new proposal. If necessary, the legislative group meets again to reshape the proposal or, in case of a 2/3 majority, to override the veto.


 * <span style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; color: #4b4b4b; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10.5pt; line-height: 19px; list-style-position: outside; list-style-type: disc; margin: 8px 0px 0px; outline-width: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once the legislative branch creates a proposal that is approved by the executive branch,There will be a legal challenge put forth for this. The judicial group hears the challenge and rules on it. If the proposal is turned down, the legislative group should meet once more to refine the proposal.

Reflect on the final decision - was this a worthy use of the classes' money? Why or why not?